BodyPaint 3D Alternatives3D Painting Apps like BodyPaint 3D

BodyPaint 3D is described as '- For all Your 3D Painting Needs' and is a 3D Painting app in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 10 alternatives to BodyPaint 3D for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad and iPhone apps. The best BodyPaint 3D alternative is Autodesk 3ds Max. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Fotor or Paint 3D. Other great apps like BodyPaint 3D are ZBrush, Autodesk Mudbox, 3D-Coat and Adobe Substance 3D Painter.

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  1. Autodesk 3ds Max icon
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    Professional-grade software designed for 3D modeling, rendering, and animation, equipped with comprehensive tools for creating detailed worlds. Widely used across film, TV, games, and design projects, it includes the powerful Arnold renderer, offering artistic control over scenes and characters.

    82 Autodesk 3ds Max alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
    • Autodesk 3ds Max is the most popular Windows alternative to BodyPaint 3D.

    • Autodesk 3ds Max is the most popular commercial alternative to BodyPaint 3D.

    • Autodesk 3ds Max is Paid and ProprietaryBodyPaint 3D is also Paid and Proprietary
  2. ZBrush icon
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    Comprehensive digital sculpting tool offering advanced features like sculpting up to a billion polygons, customizable brushes, real-time painting, and powerful rendering system. Ideal for professionals in film, gaming, and more. Integrates with Redshift and supports Apple Pencil.

    54 ZBrush alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPad
     
    • ZBrush is the most popular Mac & iPad alternative to BodyPaint 3D.

    • ZBrush is Paid and ProprietaryBodyPaint 3D is also Paid and Proprietary
    • ZBrush is LightweightBodyPaint 3D is not according to our users
  3. Fotor icon
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    Comprehensive online editor offering filters, frames, text, stickers, collage creation, graphic design, templates for social media, batch editing, photo retouching, mobile and desktop access, regular updates, and direct sharing to social channels.

    192 Fotor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
    • Fotor is the most popular Web-based, Android & iPhone alternative to BodyPaint 3D.

    • Fotor is the most popular free alternative to BodyPaint 3D.

    • Fotor is Freemium and ProprietaryBodyPaint 3D is Paid and Proprietary
  4. Paint 3D icon
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    Paint 3D is Microsoft's totally rebuilt and enhanced version of Microsoft Paint built for Windows 10 and with extensive 3D support as well as other helpful, long-needed additions like pen support and easier cropping feature.

    17 Paint 3D alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Autodesk Mudbox icon
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    Autodesk Mudbox offers tools for creating detailed organic and inorganic 3D assets. It features an efficient layer workflow that allows blending, masking, and more, and has a familiar interface for sculpting and texture painting. Ideal for professional 3D modeling tasks.

    50 Autodesk Mudbox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Autodesk Mudbox is the most popular Linux alternative to BodyPaint 3D.

    • Autodesk Mudbox is Paid and ProprietaryBodyPaint 3D is also Paid and Proprietary
  6. 3D-Coat icon
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    3D-Coat is the one application that has all the tools you need to take your 3D idea from a block of digital clay all the way to a production ready, fully textured organic or hard surface model.

    66 3D-Coat alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Comprehensive 3D texturing tool offering advanced brushes, smart materials, real-time rendering, and versatility for both photorealism and stylized designs, making it an ideal choice for artists and designers to create lifelike, detailed assets with lighting and shadow effects.

    14 Adobe Substance 3D Painter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. ArmorPaint icon
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    Armor paint is a standalone software for 3d texture painting in PBR. It is entirely GPU based, and supports windows and linux.

    9 ArmorPaint alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • ArmorPaint is the most popular Open Source alternative to BodyPaint 3D.

    • ArmorPaint is Paid and Open SourceBodyPaint 3D is Paid and Proprietary
  9. MARI icon
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    MARI is a creative texture-painting tool that can handle extreme projects. MARI was developed at Weta Digital to handle the massively complex, highly detailed look development work demanded of the texture department by projects such as District 9, The Lovely Bones, and Avatar.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Pointshop3D icon
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    Pointshop3D is a system for interactive shape and appearance editing of 3D point-sampled geometry. By generalizing conventional 2D pixel editors, it supports a great variety of different interaction techniques to alter shape and appearance of 3D point models, including cleaning...

    43 Pointshop3D alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Curvy 3D icon
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    3D modelling software for artists. An easy to pick up, fast, non-technical modelling tool, ideal for first time 3D modellers. Draw in 3D, Sculpt and Paint.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
     
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